The Lantern Theatre may have only just celebrated its first birthday but what an end to the 2012 season with their showcasing Purplecoat Productions of Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice.

The penultimate episode of B.B.C.’s True Love season of short, partly improvised plays by Dominic Savage sees empty nest syndrome mum Sandra question her position in the world after her daughters have finally grown up and left the family home.